I live in an apartment in Newport Beach where my kitchen window looks directly into my neighbors’ kitchen window. Thankfully, the couple also happen to be some of our best friends, so when they moved in, we were all thrilled we’d be getting even more face time.

Everyone but Travis is a pescatarian, so we love to exchange meatless recipes. For the most part, Trav is down with eating vegan, vegetarian or pescatarian, and even enjoys trying out meat alternatives. Our neighbor, Eric, introduced me to soy chorizo, or SoyRizo, and it’s so damn good! This soy chorizo breakfast taco was inspired by his breakfast one morning, and is a meal I love to make on a weekend morning for a slow brunch on the patio in the sun.

You can play around with the types of veggies you add into the scramble. I just used what was in my fridge at the time. I love the meat-like consistency and jam-packed flavor of mushrooms, particularly shiitake! Onion is a must for me, and if I had had some bell peppers on hand, those would have made the “cut” as well.

Ingredients:

• 5 eggs, scrambled

• 1 large avocado, sliced

• 5 shiitake mushrooms, sliced

• Handful cherry tomatoes, sliced

• Half an onion, chopped

• Half a package soy chorizo

• Goat cheese

• Hot sauce

• Small corn tortillas

• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Drizzle some olive oil in large sauté pan over medium-high heat.

2. Sauté the onions, mushrooms and tomatoes until soft.

3. Add in the chorizo. It cooks super quickly!

4. Pour in the scrambled eggs, crumble in some goat cheese and season with salt and pepper.

5. As the eggs cook, warm the tortillas. There are a handful of ways you can do this, but I suggest either placing them in a dry (no oil) stainless skillet over medium heat and cooking for about 30 seconds on each side, or charring them directly over the gas flames for a few seconds per side.

6. Place a scoop of the scramble in a tortilla, top with thick slices of avocado, add a little salt and pepper over the avocados, and finish with a drizzle of your favorite hot sauce.

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